
What's the worst that could happen in France?
France is facing a significant fiscal challenge, with a deficit of 5% of GDP and a debt-to-GDP ratio of 111%, prompting concerns about the country’s economic stability.
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France is facing a significant fiscal challenge, with a deficit of 5% of GDP and a debt-to-GDP ratio of 111%, prompting concerns about the country’s economic stability.

In a nod to former French politician Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, who coined the term “exorbitant privilege” in reference to America’s benefits as the issuer of the world’s reserve currency, France is currently grappling with its lack of such a privilege.

Many have been skeptical about Europe’s economic prospects, with some even suggesting that it never truly soared in the first place.

Europe’s economy faces multiple threats, including the influx of advanced and cheap Chinese goods, rising energy prices, and fiscal retrenchment.

Environmentalists and free-traders were exploring ways to work together on climate policies, with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala making the case for how trade can save the planet.